This steamship katerinoslav, of the Russian Volunteer Fleet narrowly escaped being wrecked and lost two blades of her staibond twla pre peller, bent the shaft, und, it la fenied, cracked the boss, alc., when appreaching Nagasaki at 43.m. on the Sth lustadt. The place she suck was at Hirado Polit on the Gates. She narrowly excaped, toul lors. She Bas been unloaded and docked for repair".""'
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1897.
THE German firm of 2 Meya & Co, o! | Chemolpo, has, it is stated, been granted by the Korean Govirament a concension for the working al mines in Koces
THE rumour that Lu Hai-huan, Tsotal of Chin-
klang, had been selected by the Emperor to become Minister to Germany has been confirmed by a telegram from Peking, saya the N. C. Dolly
Newz.
THE NAVY AND THE JUBILEE.
ADMIRAL HULLER'S DECISION.
British troops in India, approves the measures proposed, but suggesin additional strict mos- sure of regiustion, tho examination of woman The following correspondence has been for by women dectors, the supervision of all enj warded to as for publication:-
diers consorting with women, the quarantine of both men and women sufferlag from disasso and the punishment of men consorting with women not registered.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkoʻg, 17th May, 1897, Sr,I am directed to transmit for the Informa- floo and consideration of the Jables Committee Sir Alexander Buller, K.C.B., regarding the the enclosed copy of a letter from Vice Admiral
naval arrangements in connection with the Majesty's reign.
A CHINAMAN yesterday engaged a blind gil C. THE NY,K. ta reported to latend nominating | Celebration of the 60th anniversary of Her
professional singer) to sing song for 30 cents, When she had ball finished he interrupted her saying that her voice was not good and gave bar, five cents. She refused to take the money and the man only agreed to give her the 30 cents through the persuasion of some of his friends. As the blind.inger and her attendant word leiving the house the coarse baily poused off on the silk clothes of the former. He was to-day fined $ia and directed by Mr. Wodehouse to pay $5 compensation to the vocalist, and he got
off very cheap.
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several more Japanese to vessels en kis foreign lies being well saifified with the Japanese caplains on their two Bombay and Shanghal traders
I have, eld, etc,
J. G. T-BUCKLE, Assistant Colonial Secretary. The Hon Secretary,
Joblice Committen..
[Enclosure.]
CORRESPONDENCE,
tW4 JA RDI ZOOMerily endorse the opinions expressed by
Correspondents in this calisman. NEGLECTED PUBLIC MONUMENTS.
J.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The following is a continuation of our report tive Council held yesterday afternoon- of the proceedings at the meeting of the Legisla
"THE FLOODING ORDINANCE. The Attorney-General-I beg to move the second reading of the Bill estit'ed an Ordinance to amend the law as to flogging. It will be within the recollection at hon members that the subject of flagging in Victoria Geal was con sidered by a Committee, who made a voluminou report The result was that the prison rules were altered, and the Secretary of State desired TO THE EDITOR OF TWB "Nowacomo Telegraph," that the law should also be altered so k to SIR,I drew attention recently through the
seduce the number of strokes to twenty and to medium of your popular columns, to the disgrace- fal neglect of some of the public monuments in
allow the use only of the birch. Some of the this city. It is usually sufficient for the Press
previous Ordinances in, force made forty strokes to direct atteṇiloa to such matters in order to
the maximum. I think bom, members will Alacrity at Shanghai; 9th May 1897.
agree that a naformity as to the maximum secure the prompt notice of the authortites, Sir-It the exigencies of the Service permit whose business it presumably is to look after
Aber of strokes desirable and should be of it, I pros.se that Her Majestr's ships them, Jand I was therefore not a little dis-baving considered the matter, scat out instruc effected by legislation. The Secretary of State, Undaunted, Humber, Rattler and Phasir shall gasted, when going to the Gymkhana on Saturations to prohibit the use of any lostrument for be present at Hongkong on the sand Jane, 1897, day, to fad the railings round the monument at flogging with the exception of the birch and to to assist in the celebration of the 60'h year of Wanchai still made a public drying place for limit the maximum number of strokes to twenty. Her Majesty's reign, and Senior Offices have all the filthy rags of the people in the neighbour. been ordered by me to co-operate with the Local hood. Farther on, I stopped my rickaba at the Authorities in the arrangements for the celebra-mconment close to the raccourse, just outs? le the Golf Club-house. I tried la vain to read tha I have, etc
Inscription, which at some time or other had been placed upon it. It was almost entirely invisible but here and there I was able to make out a word or two such as "Died at," "Killed al Chalon," &c, from which I gather that the monument was erected to several of our
His Excellency
ALEXANDER BULLIR
Vice-Admiral,
PRESIDENT. J. B, Angell, of the University of Michigan, has beca nominated as U.S. Minister lo Turkey. Mr. Anrell served as Minister to Chloa for two years, under President Hayes, and ao is no doubt well up to "Sick Maa" pldgla. THE lately-stranded steamer Wiliang reached Nagasaki on the 6th last, and was docked for Tur Johannesburg Star, the paper suppressed repairs. The Shipping List says her bottom by President Kruger, published a cartoon the
was smashed and bent in the most remarkablation. other day representing Mr. Chamberlain as a
meanor; indeed sre'ng her to dock it seems a phrenalogist feeling dear old Oom Paul's bumps, miracle that she was ever goroff the rocks on with the following result:~Professor Ch—which she struck. Bump of Forgiveness, absent; Forgetfulness, will probably be held in Nagasaki.
The enquiry into the affair ditto; Craf, highly developed; Self-esteem, Abnormal; Combatirencas, growing; Morality. To avold disappointment and to lasure early worth a million ; Foresight, Impaled ; Falzners, publication, we beg to remind our friends that represented by a concavity; Intellectuailty (see | all matter intended for immediate fusertion in Morally); Acqulstițveness, colossal; Con- the Telegraph should reach this office bafore sistency, depression Respect for Law 3 pm Lately we have had to bold over xon Tucaday by taking a dese of sulphuric acid. good deal of matter that would have been WI notice that the Wharf and Godown Com-published promptly had it been received before pany have a dredger busily at work alongside their wharves deepening the water in the differ- A WELL-KNOWN local firm has secured a ent berths. It is amoured that the Naval contract for the supply of machinery for a new authorfiles latend dredging the whole of the sesarsana), now being establised at Tsinaula, front facing the Naval Yard in order that the Shantung. The plant is of English saunufactere,
crowded out.
the whole of our news space was filled.
THE German steamer Marika, inward bound, grounded on Woosung Bar yesterday morning about 300 feet to the N. of the marks, says the N.C. Daily News of 14th May. The ing Rocket and several cargo boats were despatched to her
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Sir William Roblasor. NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.
ST. PAUL. Apell reth. Andrew De Gladla, vice-consul for the lialian government in St Paul committed suicide
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15th. The leading Chinese merchants and business men of this city entertained Minister Wa Ting Farg and his softe at a banquet lest niebl, at the fashionable Colaese restaurant Dapent reet. The me bitween courses was spent to Dere Consul at San Francisco, presided,
ddresses. Fung Yang Heeg, the retiring Chi-
SAN FRANCISCO, April içib. William A. Kinney, a prominent attorney of
valuable heritage for car race.
The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bill was read a second and third time and pasted through all its stages.
THE NIGHT, PASS LAW, The Attorney-General-I rise to move the second reading of the Bill entitled an Or Ordinance, 1888. The objects and reasons are dinance to amend the regulation of Chloess appended
low-countrymen who laid down their lives in requisite that the Governor la Council should the Bill and they are as follows:- "Although, with a view to emergencies, it is order to secure lo Hongkong the trade and sights retain the power at present possessed of requir which have contributed to build up so rapidlying Chlease who are out at night to be pro- such
Chinese Ordinance, 1888, it is thought desirable' vided with passes moder the Regulation of
so to modily section 30 of that Ordinance an to admit of the relaxation of such requirement when it seems to His Excellency that night passes may be dispensed with without prejudice to the safely and well-being of the community. requires such passes between At present, section 30 of Ordinance 13 of 1838 rise, onless other hours are fixed by Order in Connell. The effect of repealing section to and inbatitating the new section will be that night
The public fountaias, outside the City Hall and the Wanchal Police Station, still remain dry, notwithstanding the recent copious rain fail and the present excessive heat!!! Who, Sir, is responsible for such neglect as I have pointed out? I suppose there is some perman- ent official or locum finanz whose baslacas it is to attend to such matters. How can that magnate be most succesfully approached These monuments hava cost public money to erect a doubt, and they are scred charge upon successive generations to maletalo în
OBSERVER.
9 pm. and sun.
Á sum of $150 la aid of the vote" Post mortem *xamlations and medical attendance at in- quests**
A sum of $1,550 in aid of the vale for Post Office "Incidental Expense"
ADJOURNMENT. The Committee then adj-amed sims die,
NOTA NDA
CALENDAR.
MAY.
Meteorological means harid on ten years):
"côservations 11393. Barameter - 19.867 Thermometer 76.3 Homidity 84
Rainfall........................15.00
TU-DAY.
WEATHER PEPORT.
On Jate On distat
10
Barometer... 29.85 Thermometer......... Humidity........ -Rainfall
4.
29.77
BS
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73
Pat
TO-DAY.
Tuerday, 18th May, 1897. Chinese.- 17th of 4th moon of Bård year of Fate of Kia Ha, the Cantonese goddess of
Kwong.ri.
Mohammedan.-16th Dulkeggia, 181). Jewish.--16th Year, 5857.
parturition) •
Sun-Rises 5kr. 20min.“
Sift commodium. Okr, Stuita, Moon-Maxim Declination S. 3kr. pim. High water-Morning in 9kr. Şimba;,
Afternoon «lberMOMS, Low water-Morging in Skr.89min. Afternoon hår. 59min. 1847-The City of Chapu taken by the British ANNIVERSARIES,
1868-Nicholas II, Trir of Rasals, born,
troops. 1890-Destructive fire in Shanghal; 5 konees
destroyed. 1891Anti-foreign tots at Ngankin. 1896-Suleide of Lleol Commander Adair, oi H.M.S. Pigmy, at Yokohama, TO-MORROW,
•
Wednesday, 19th May, #897. Chinese-18th of $ik moon of BSTû year of
Kwong-sži. Jewish-1714 Vlar, 5657,
Sun-Rites ............................ kr. 20estu. Sets BA, Sämin. High water-Morning Low water-Morning
Obr. Smin. and 10kr, timin. Shr. 82min Afternoon ca. 5kri kämts. ANNIVERSARIES
mud and slit may all be cleared away and the coming from. Leeds, and will form part of Honaloly, arrived on the Australia yesterday order. If their maintenance is not a proper charge Phases will only be compulsory when they are i foundations of their reclamation works, shortly an equipment Cosling Tis. 300,000 for the and will proceed to Washington to nusist Judga | upon the Government purse, the sooner the required by Order of the Governor to Council, lo be commenced, may be laid upon the bed. manufacture of b.l. gingale and Manser vifles. Hartwell and L. A. Thurston in their fight for colonists know it the better for their own reputa-nch hours of the night as may be fixed by suck published in the Gazette, and then only between rock and thus obviate the danger of the works The rifles are to be eleven mm, calibre, and the the preservation of the reciprocity treaty between tion and the honour of the dead, whose names settling while In course of construction. Doubt onfput is to be limited at the oulset.-Mercury, the United States and Hawail, or, if that cannot have been handed down from yeneration to sat be required at all." I would like to mention Mohammedan--171k Dulhegria, 1915.
Order. In the absence of such Order they will lers had such a course been taken with the
be done, then their efforts will be directed to generation as a sacred memory, Praya Reclamation works much neediers delay
securing the annexation of the lands. Mr.
to the Courell the result of the Light and Pass and costly labour on account of the subsidence
the islands that the reciprocity treaty will be Kinney says there is a grave apprehension on
Regulations according to the reperi for 1896. It of the foundations would have been saved. By
abrogated by the McKinley administration, and
seems that in November and December, 1895. when the provisions as to lights and passes were the way, was the bottom surveyed at all
If it is not the lands will be retard commer-
revived, there were 1,739 persons convicted. In adequately before the Praya Reclamation was
ci-lly unless the United States andexes them.
January, 1896, when the hours for lights and M. Kinney will spend a few days in Salt Lake
passen were altered, no less than 3,746 persons were fined or imprisoned. There figures show that about a month ago while on a visit to Hons-
under the regulations g persons were fined or Idlu.
imprisoned every day. It seems to me that the time has arrived when His Excellency might try the experiment of suspending the passes for a time and of seeing what the result will be. I can only trust that the Chinees will no use the privilege offered by His Excellency that there will be no used to revive thase paates for some time to come.
commerced? If so the authorities should have 25$letánce, and operations begun for lightening to loding up the estate of his mother who died
known where and bottom-existed and
acted accordingly.
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her. It is likely that she will need to be lightened very considerably before she can be floated, as she was drawing 21 feet and the tides are falling.
with this stating that the limit is Wachawfoo. However, they are willing to open the River to Ngantin when the commercial resources of the province of Kwangel sie mare developed and the rallway has been opened; also that the regalatians on the West River shall bathesame
those in force on the Yangtse.
ON the path altimo Sir William Harcourt vehemently criticised the war policy of the Government in South Africa and attacked Mr. Chamberlain made a vigorous rejoinder and Chamberinta for exciting a racial war. Mr. disavowed all aggressive intention in that quarter. He said it was ridiculous to call the modest demand of £200,000 a warlike proposal, justified by any defensive polley and was when the Transvaal was arming to an extent not purchasing immense quantities of Maxim guns, batteries of artillery and munitions, The
CHICAGO, Apill 15th.
A young woman, who belleves she is the Chicago yesterday with a mald, her little son and Baroness Ludwig Von Turkheim, arrived in Charles Stilwell, of San Francisco. Baron Ver Warrant has been issued by the San Francisco Turkheim, olles Cherles J. Arnold, for whom a authorities, charging him with bigamy, started with the party when they lets San Francisco, hat on reaching Grand Island, Neb., announced that he had to return to Ogden on business.
Grand Island at
Yours, elc,
Hongkong, May 18th
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT." CRIMINAL JURISDICTION,
·Before his Lordship Str J. W. Carrington, R.G.M.G., Chief Justica).
May 18th."
ORDER OF BUSINESS
delence in the arson and counterfeiting cases, The Altarsey-General said he had received a letter from Mr, Robinsop, who was for the saying that he was indisposed, and would be unable to attend for some days. Ha therefore niked its Lordship to let the arson case stand over till next Tuesday and the counterfeiting
Mr. M. W.
Nothing more has been heard from him since Fesse till next Fro-*-ho appeared for a prisoner
he lel: the train
Upon arriving in Chicago, Silliwell, the boy, woman and mild were driven to the Auditoriems and were assigned rooms without registering. In the evening the party suddenly left for the east. It is believed the child and mald were sent over the Wabash, while Stillwell and the baroness travelled over the Lake Shore..
of going to Utah case to Chicago on another If I thought that the alleged baroness instead trala and joined the party, or one branch of it .somewhere outside the city.
NEW YORK, April 15th,
Graude, vis Key West, Fla., says: A report hrs A dispatch to the Herald bom Sagas La just reached here of an outrage perpeirsted next the town of Escicrtida by Spanish troops who destroyed the property owned by the wife of the Britlab vice-consul, Mr. Hanis, of Sagus, and lare up an American flag which the manager of the estate, Mr. George Hamls, who in an American disen, bad draped over his bed.
The estate of Mrs. Harris, called La Palma, Is bout two miles from Etclic jids. The troops broke open the doors and removed articles of value. Plading the flag fo the manager's bed oom, the soldiers carried it out with many epithets and tore it into bits.
Being ratified with their vengeance on the bit of bunting, in the absence of its owner they depseled.
The matter was reported to Mr. Harris on his return and he promptly laid it before the British will cause a thorough investigation, and American consular officials in Sagur, who
It is said that the Spanish assert that they had seen Insurgents leaving the estate, but this is denied by the munagar,"
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The Colonial Secretary--I am sure that the passing of this law will give satisfaction to this Chiasso community. I may polot out that at the present time there are fourteen or fifteen thousand quarterly passes issued every quarter by the Captain Supeffitendent of Police and the number is so large that it is impossible to exercisa sufficient check over all the passes issued. With
reading of the B
In 4 case.of kidnapplog and also for a prisoner charged with balbery, asked his Lordship to take these few remarks I beg ia second the second the latter case first.
The Attorney-General objected, saying he could not oblige counsel by taking cases entirely ant of their order. He had no time to go tho- roughly into the bribery case and he hoped his Lordship would not consent to the request.
Hit Lordship decided that the order of the
cates should not be altered.
A KIDNAPPINO CASE. ------ A woman named Wong S4,Slu pleaded not 13 years, named Won Lul 1, into the colony for cality to a charge of having brought a girl aged immoral purposes and a further-count charged her with having sold the girl to a brothel keeper.
The Elil was read a second and third time. and passed through all its stages.
THE STOWAWAYS ORDINANCE.
_The Attorney-General-I beg to move the second reading of the Bili suilled an Ordinance to provide for the punishment of stowaways arriving in this colony. I think. It will not be necessary for me to say anything on the Bill racy wenders those who bring desiltate beyond reading the objects and reasons. The people to this colony liable, in certain cases, is tepay the expense thereby incurred by the colony in the maintenance, elc, of such propia. Where passage money or even part page The following jury was sworn ; William F. Gardiner, R. M. Mebus, G. H. Potts, C. Resterjee, where, but of compassion, a passage has been money has been paid for such, destitutes, or Yom Chan, P. M. N. da Silva, M. H. Michael.
given, it is obviously just that those who know- The Attorney-General laid the facts of the case before the jury. He said the girl was kid-gly import into the calony persons who have napped by a man not in custody, when at Canton in November last. She was kept in a family the home there for a lime, and then prisoner and a man brought her to Hongkong when where she was taken to a brothel and sold for $190. An Inspecter saw her in the place and had her removed. It was contended for the defence that the girl was intended for a servant but counsel contended that the facts of the care were in the contrasy:
Wos Lul I, in her evidence, said she was in orphan and lived at Cintos with her mistress. One day she lost her way and a man look her to a house where prisoner was after telling her he would take her to her home. Then the pelsoner took her to a house at Hongkong where there were six other girls, A woman named Ma Fung was her mistress in the house saying she had bought witness; the prisoner was present when Ma Fuog said that. When in the brothel she told Inspecator Lee that she was 17 yearï old, as Ma Fing had told her to do so,
no means of subalgience should not be allowed to put the community to the cost of maintaining. them. Where, however, such destitutes come charge of the ship, sed. no pariage money or na stowaways, agalost the consent of those in
should be provided by which the stowaway can compension to paid it seems fair that means be punished and the master of the ship be pro tected. This Ordinanca la intended to provide rach means. The Imperial Merchant Shippleg Act, 1894, section 237, does not apply to foreign ships, and stowaways are brought to Hongkong In foreign ships as well as in British ships. The River Steamers Ordinance (No. 18 of 1895) and Ordinance 13 of 1890 have provided efficacious remedies la cates coming within their respective mits, and it is trusted that the present Ordf nance will prova as useful, in cases where pas- sages have been unlawfully oblained, a Ordi nance az of 1890 has been in preventing attempts by Chinese to obtain such passages from Hong- The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bull passed through all Its stages.
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1841-The Select Committee) irrued a notice that British trade would be suspended 1878-Capi. Superintendent Dean and several
on 1st August.
Constables waanded by burglar. 1883-Defeat of a French sortle and death of
Commandante Riviere at Hansl 1890-Fire at the Hongkong Dispensary Go-:
downs ; damage $160,000,
MEMORANDA.
TO-DAY, 18 May, op.m.-Surprise Party at Theatre Royal. pm-Meeting of Victoria Preceptory.
Register of Shares of A. S. Watros & Co.,
TO-MORROW,-19th May,
Ltd, closed from this date to the 26th inst Inclusive.
The
Noon-Empress of Japan leaves for Van-
-couver, via usual ports of call.
THURSDAY,-20th May. Daylight.-City of Rio de Jandro leaves for San Francisco, ofa usual ports of call. Noon-Coromandel sails for London. Y s.tn.----English mail closes.
4 p.m.-Meeting of Green Island Cement Co. 41 pm-Hesting of the Sanitary Board.
FRIDAY, 21 May.
Daylight-The P. M. S. S. Co.'s chartered
stormer Cludin will proceed to San Fran cisco, vía Kobe and YokobamA. French mail due.
SATURDAY,~230d May,
Noon-Meeting of shareholders in A. S.
Watson & Co.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
'MAILS Duz: Australian (Tokio Mark) axst lost. French (Caledonian) and lust. English (Rosetta) 29th lost, Garman (Prestión) zid præt. Canadian (Empress of China) 4th prox. American (Dorie) già prox.
Tix Agents (Meters Dodwell, Carlill & Co.), inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship Co steamer Victoria from Tacoma, arrived at Yokohama yesterday and will leave for this port to-morrow via usual purts of call.
SHOPING RETURNS. From & pm, Saturday to 6 pm. to-day, ARRIVALS.
ACCORDING to papers received by last mail, great annoyance is being caused to dog-owners in the THz Shanghai Municipal elections on the 11th old counity by the newly calorced mumling instant rerated in the appolstment of Marrs regulations. The freable is that particular A. R. Borkill. J. S. Fearen, J. Prentice, J. form of muzile has been prescribed which is apparently not made in sizes to suit all worts and Welch, E. A, Hewett, F. Anderson, M. Rebde, conditions of dogs, with the reant that many R. Hykes and H. P. Wilkinson. At the -owners of broad -faced bulldogs or of animals of
a meeting of the new Connell on the fath the diminutive toy species are unable to accom.
Mt, A. R. Berkill (was elected Chairman, and madale their pets with the regulation article. Mr. J. S. Fearon Vice-Chairman: Messrs Hence the clamour and outcry, as possessors of Prealice, Fearon. and Rohde, Works Com abnormal dogs complain that they cannot take it; Welch, Wilkinson and Hykes, Watch them out fer un alsteg owing to every muzzle
Committer, and Mestre Hewett, Burkill and. but the muzzle being objected to by the Police. Anderson, Pluance Commiltis. We certainly sympathise with the complainant ACCORDING in Shanghai nvtive papers the and cannot understand why this particular form Taurell Yamen has lately rent an intimation in of maxle should be insisted upon when muzies the Viceroy of Canton with reference to the of olber descriptions are equally effectiva, opening of the West River. This states that MAY we venture to again call the attention of
the British Minister, claimed that the West the Forestry Department to the dearth of shade River, according to the treaty, was opened in on many of our roads. While the hillsides gain, but the Teung Yamen do not agree have been planted up with trees of divers sorts, in many cases, the roads have been left entirely alope with the result that they are hot, dusty and sbadeless. As we have already remarked in a recest issue, not a tree bau yet been planted on the Reclamation by the Queen's statue, nor, so far no we are, Kware, on any other portion of the reclaimed ground. The roads on the upper levels, too, have been much neglected in the matter of trees and elevation can hardly be pleaded as an excuse for it; Eroo if treindl genous to Hengkang will not grow there, seedlings of hardier species, froin_ather places, could easily be obtained. The cullying roads in Kowloon have no trees planted air ng their sides as in only too painfully evident to those whom curiosity leads to visit the Inscribed Rocks or Kowloon city. Transvaal's armaments, he said, were altogether Might we suggest also that a litfe more variety in our roadside trees is desirable. Banyans are
disproportionate to our local resources. It wax all very well in those way, but, like most good intended, he added, to send a brigade of things, a marfelt of them cases to be pleasant Artillery and an additional battalion of Infantry and one soon tires of thele monotonous
to the Caps which would remain there per- ness,” Many of the accxelts, parifcularly t: eredmanently.—Indłam Preis meninga. flowering one known in Pinang and Singapore as "The Flame of the Forest," "grow quickly and are excellent as shade trees, while the mass of fiery blossoms, which make the name of the species so appropriate, gives an increated value
When the United States steamship Panite was at stationary target practice at Chico bank, to the tree by beautifying thelandscape generally
THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS At all events let us bave a few trees planted along
La Plata river, about 5 miles southwest from
ORDINANCE. our roads as well as on the hillsides, where we do
Montarldeo, a sickening seeldent occurred. The
The Attorney.Geners-I beg to move the not get the benefit of their shade. Any kind of
required shots had been fired from the 60-pound
second reading of the Bill entitled an Ordinance free would be preferable to none at all..
to consolidate and amend the, laws, relating to ison the forecastle and the eight-inch elds THEAE was a change of programme at the
forward. Three shots had been fired from the
Ma Fang, who pleaded "not guilty, was then the protection of women and girls. It bon. Surpilte Party's entertainment at the Theatro "First Officer Smith of the steamship Tacoma one more shot was required from this last gun girl seferred to in the last esse for the purposes are no less than six Ordinances repealed by this Strothallas
nine-loch smooth bere muule leader and only placed on trial charged with having bought the members will refer to the table of Ordinances in the second schedule they will observe that there Royal last night, but the audience showed a
has a patent from Uncle Sam for a marine to complete a very successful target practice. of prostitution. The Attorney-General (instrucOrdinance, it is certainly very undesirable falling off as compared with previous occasions,
cyclometer that will inform the officar on duty The nine-inch gun was then loaded.
Turbo on the bridge at a moment's glance how fast account of the narrowness of the Yantic and the prosecuted and Mr. M. W. Slade (Instructed by subject that one should be obliged to refer to
led by Mr, H. L. Dennys, Crown Solicitor) when one bas to refer to the law on a given the oppressive heat no doubt considerably the ship is travelling and how many miles she smallness of the gun ports, it is necessary for Mr. W. K. Mounsey) appeared for the delen.ce Interfering with the attendence. Some dret-zata i bus made since she left part. it eatling the log" | clasplug one arms about the menle of the gun, ford, E. 1, Figuireda, A. W. Desib, A. O. wi
The old method the man loading the gaz to lean out of the part, The following was the jury: Newman Mom. Real many different Ordinances to ascertain items were given by the company, and the and the length of time it took for the line to rest and work the sponge and rammer with the ather Gollerrer, F. Korn, H. W. Parsall and Borabjeement, so it is impossible sometimes to
has been by what is known's
what the law
UnfortunatelyTM ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄the audience was in a very appreciative mood, off indicated the number of knots or sautical arm, partly exposing his body is front of the Rostoje
progress of tima Ordiosaces
require amend ancores being demanded in every case. Miss miles the ship war travelling at the time, muzzle.
get the whole law on '■' subject in ons Ordinance. It V. Elilott gave a finished rendering of "Out on
The evidence of the girl dealt principally with was thought that the time had come when the and the process being repented from tim The bara had been sponged out with the key residence in the brothel. She knew nothing Ordinances on this subject should be consoli the Deep," the 'rong suiting her fine voice to time, calculations were made as to the sponge freably with the division tube and the whatever of the lils, but she wore fine clothes and dated and pot into one with a few amendments progress each day, Bat this process has charge of 11 pounds of black powder had been-herface and lips were painted. She was told that yer Ma Honey" and Miss Stanbridge sang of a vessel is seldom uniform for any length of by O. Germansen, another scaman, on the other dence was similar to that given in the last case. When we meet" in a thrilling manner. Mr. time and the calculations were fa a great side, C.. Hamyden, coswain, was holding his Wong Kong, widow of a student, living st Wallace King got loud applause for his songe measure guess work. Bat First Officer Smith's thumb on the vent in order to prevent the air Canton, stated that she had had charge of the "I love Her Stilt and The Holy City," patented cyclometer is exact la Its methods, and from reaching any lighted fangments of the little girl since she was three or four years of The only Gourlays, in their very clever is the rate of speed like a clock tells the time previously exploded cartridge that might have age. It was through an old servant living in
afday. It consist of a very small wheel inserted remained in the chamber. sketch burlesqing "Trilby "wges onthusiastically in a slight hollow in the heel made for the
that she first heard when the chilla Hongkong received and they had a fall repetition pose, which wheel is geared to make so many galshed the burning bits of cloth, foe the girl in prisoner's house, she (the girl) told how pur. Apparantly none of the precautions, satin- | was after she missed här. When she saw the of their previous successes in this act. Miss revelations to the mile and the faster the vessel cartridge exploded wblie Murphy was withdraw the had been brought to Hongkong and sold Linton and Mr. Hudson: mang the Quaker gets the faster the wheel revolves and the ing the rammer and he was blown off the boat, to prisoner by the woman charged in the last dnet "Reuben and Cynthis with the utmost more miles are indicated on the face of the cyclo. No trace of him was found although boats were acceptation and Miss Ida Rosslyn and Misres meter aftusted on the beldge directly above the instantly lowered and search made. Germansen did not kidnap her." Prisoner Aso offered to care. Prisoner said "Yes, I bought her but Thornton and Williams gave some enjoyable inle wheel with which it is connected by a lout an eye and was seriously injured and one take the constable so the woman freen whom serio-comle "turns that were wall received, Miss shaft. The only drawback to the invention is arms was broken. Hayden's hand was badly she bought the gith May Habgood displayed her remarkable, wklil that in order to apply it to ships now built they burned and the upper half port was shattered.
Witness was cross- as an instrumentalist in Llati's "Rhapsodis must be so changed as to admit of the
examined at length by Mr. Hlade and said that
VINANCE COMMITTEE. Hongroise and won hearty praise. Altre, the tion of the invention. The practical importance Montevideo,
applica.
After the accident the Fandic returned to the girl had been presented to her by our of her A meeting of the Finance Commilites was bald Juggler, performed some new texts with much of the invention, however, makes it certain that
relatives.
Immediately after the Council meeting. Hon. J. dexterity and a couple of langh compelling fareas the vessels of the future will be sure to have
- Lowdon, April soth. After hosting further evklance the prisoner, H. Stewart Lockhart (Colonial Secretary) pes-" helped to complete a capital programm The thels cyclometer along with them. The contri|letter to Bir George Hamilton, Secretary of Stats purchased the girl for the purpose of a dossaatio
Lady Henry Sompraet, in the course of a long made a statement to the effact that who had | sided, and all the members were present Company leaves for Australia by sha steamer rasce la so arranged ibai wienavar a mile is for ladie, who has invited her is suprem heretrice, p
„VOTRE ENCOMMENDED, Omi Marson Friday and their facawall spare made on the joursay, a bali slags to Nunossos views on proposals of the Government to desi Both pilsners ware seriasood in 19 moučka" Sermová" is ined for Thursday night
with periale swingłowa "alawaan saang ika) kuprineumoni PAN,
BAMIC
A MARINE CYCLOMETER.
.CASTING THE LOG UNNECESSARY, The following except from the Tacoma Morm ng Union of April 15th should interest mes esprains and ship-owners, and it goes to show that Chief Officer Smith, of the Northern Pacific liner Tacoma is a salfor with a good deal of inventivo genics :-
The American courul at Segun, his friends say, will enska a fall report on the flag Incident. He la Mr. Barker, one of the most vigorous American representatives on the island.
NEW YORK, April 14th, The Herald this morning publishes the following special correspondenen from Monte- video, Uruguay
On
found by him, and a statement belag made by P.C. 143 KATE evidence as to the girl being prisoner that she had sold the girl to Ma Fung
After further evidence the jury returned, a saanimous verdict of "gelity" and sectence
WIE reserved.
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admirably, Thomas P. caught on with "WADI | always been unsatisfactory, as the rate of speed rammed home by P. Murphy, a sezmau, sexisted } she was to be a prostitute, Much of her evt. taken from the Imperial Criminal Law Amend- | May 15 Phranang Hongkong...B. & S.
ment Act, 1885. I may say that mofficially I sent a draft of this Ordinance to the Chief Justice and he, with the kindness he always shows, lo me. I have adopted these suggestions" and I looked through it and made various suggestions think they make the Ordinanca better thas it
was before,
The Colonial Secretary seconded. BUI read the second time.
Council went into Committen on the Bill, Council resumed,
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The Attorney-Generál rald he did not propose | I PORT-Phranang, Chowfde detail to ask for the third reading until the next meet Food for Consumptives-Scott's Exuaision: ing of Council..
Pars Cod Liver Oll with Hypophosphites Lime and Soda is a most wonderful food for the Consumptive. It not only gives strength and Increases the flash, but hesls the fritation of the christ and lungs." It is very paldiable. j chlidumu jahu ja liku milky and in all wasting diandaes both fer niulty and children it is a marvallen, food And medicine. Any Chemist nam vypply it., «Alwatske Hongrong and the Empire of Cabir
The fallowing votes were sedmimanded simi A sum of Brly in aid of the vota ♬ Mapsies in Health Chilcon's lawasă,